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JiycNi Work far Fun Morehead City Jaycees are working hard on their Miff Morehead City pageant and even harder on the state Mist North Carolina pageant. If we marveled at the way they tore around, tore their hair and staged the spectacular Coastal Fes tivals, evidently we ain't seen nothin' yet. The Junior Chamber of Commerce had to shell out $250 merely for the privilege of having the Miss North Carolina pa geant in Morehead City, thus bringing it for the* first time to this beach and resort area. The Carolina Racing association has helped to make this possible. Prior to the building of the dog track there were no facilities here for the contest and the association has generously made the grandstand and the entire race track site available for the affair. The Jaycees deserve all the support we can give them, individually and as civic organizations. Tnis pageant is not only a Jaycee project. It is a high point in the history of the Carteret l coast land as a vacation playland and will introduce our fine j beaches, splendid boating facilities, and fishing fun to thousands S of newcomers. Bed Boses lor Some Fine Ladies The Beaufort Junior Woman's club deserves a big bouquet of red roses as a congratulatory gift for staging one of the biggest and best flower shews Saturday that this section has ever witnessed. Our coastal flowers so long have bloomed unnoticed ? riotous fields of yellow daisies, the hardy galardia, and dainty verbena sometimes cultivated, but many times growing under I their own power. Flower shows make us conscious of the natural beauty I that surrounds us constantly. We art doubly blessed in that we have the magic of water to enhance the beauty of land set tings. And when night comes, what can be more intoxicating j than an orange shadowy moon, a light breeze from the water and the scent of honeysuckle? All these can't be entered in a flower show but a flower ! show can open our eyes to beauty and make our lives richer in j an esthetic sense. Thoughts for an open mind ... Cause some one each day to be thankful that they met you. Deep down in the roots of our being there is a force at work which impels, and what we call behuvior is the result of the operation of this force. Life is purposive, looking toward self-maintenance and self-per petuation. What have you done today you would like to have perpetuated? Mental life is not merely a stream of thought, not just a bundle of sensations, not a mere series additively grouped; but a wonderful unity, taking the form of personaly. Every man's work, regardless of the occupation, becomes a por trait of himself, and the more he tries to conceal himself the more clearly will his character pppear in spite of himself. ? Jim Morrill In The Good Old Days THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Clyde Hill, Jack Neal, Charles Hansel! , Muthias Skarren, Richard WHitehurst, Hal.sey Paul, Gerald Hill, Howard Jones, Neva Chad wick and Grayden Paul from the graded nchool and Mildred Jones, Eva Whitehurnt and Martha Car row from the high school, all had their name* on the honor roH. I Morehead City Seafood company wan incorporated. C. S. Wallace, B. R. Way, B. C. Way, T). B. Wade, M. S. Lee. A. L. Willis, E. D. Arthur, G. L. Arthur, C. V. Webb, W. L. Arendell and R. W. Taylor were ntockholdei-s. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO County commissioners were re quested to make improvements on Lennoxville road. They decided to buy cyclone fencing for the coun ty jail, and offered to pay ex penses of any Confederate veteran in the county desiring to attend the reunion of Confederate vet erans in Memphis, Tenn. A leaky tube wa? responsible for the passenger train, which usually left Beaufort at 6:30, not ?leaving until 9 A.M. J. II . Can-away of Merrimon brought in the first home grown strawberries to be offered for sale that year. TEN YEARS AGO Mayor George W. Huntley was reelected to office. Work would start on the NYA center on Monday. Dr. Frank Graham, president of UNC, would deliver the baccalau reate address to the Beaufort Hitfh school seniors in the school auditorium this week. FIVE YEARS AGO A request was made to the county commissioners to have the road from Atlantic Beach to Salt er Path paved. Calvin Jones, G. W. Duncan, Gray den Paul, James Cannady and Dr. W. L. Woodard attended the Rotary convention held in Pine hurst and heard Captain Eddie Rickenbacker give the principal address. Smile a While Didn't Work A mother while applying clean sing cream to her (ace was ap proached by her son entering the bedroom. "Mother, why are you putting that cream on your face?" The mother smilingly replied, "It's to make mother pretty, son." At the same time she began to wipe the cream off with tissue. The boy surprisingly looked up and said, "It didn't work did it, moth er." Filbert is another name for the hazelnut. CAHTEBET CODMTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret County'a Newspaper A Merger Of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Eat. 19*2) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Eat. 1936) Published Tuesdays and Fridays, By THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. Lockwood Phillips ?*- Publishers ? Eleanore Dear Phillips Ruth Leckey Peeling, Executive Editor Publishing Offices At 504 A rente) I St.. Morehend City. N. C. 120 Craven Street. Beaufort, N. C. Mall rates In Carteret, Craven. Pamlico, Hyde and Onslow Counties $5.00 one year; S3. 00 six months; fl.75 three months; $1.00 one month. Outside tha above njrawl counties $6.00 one year; $3.50 six months; $2.00 three months; $1.00 one month. Member Of Aaaoclated Presa ? Greater Weeklies ? N. d Press Association Audit Bureau of Clrculatlona Entered as Second Class Matter at Morehead City. N. C. under Act of March 3. 1879 TW Aaaoclated Preaa la entitled exclusively to uae for republication <fl local news printed In this newspaper, aa well aa all AP news dispatches. Rights of republication otherwise reserved J . NOW IF IT ONLY HA1X lULVH - Sou'easter By Captain Henry < Fred King has done a fine job ' with our band back at school. The conceit was very well received Friday night. Maybe next year Fred will find time to squeeze in a fall band concert. I Clarence Petti way, Jr., a little ' colored boy about 12 years old, ' has lost the sight in his right eye as the result of an accident sev- ' eral months ago. According to Clarence, he was at a Boy Scout troop meeting and , was talking while there was an explanation being given on a topic in the Scout manual. As punish ment, it was decided that.Jie; should go through the "belt Vine" 1 ?I believe that's what Clarence called it. He says this is the usual ; way of disciplining in the Scout j troop. The other boys line up and hit the offender as he runs by. 1 guess its an adaption of the old Indian torture where the tribe j would make a double line and j beat their prisoners as they ran through. Clarence said ho went through the line and didn't think he was hurt. But several days later symp toms showed that something son mis had evidently occurred and he was taken to a doctor. The doctor's verdict is that nothing can he done about re storing the sight. Clarence says he believes a belt buckle hit him in the corner of tiis right eye. He wears glasses to tiid his vision in the left eye but ever since the accident, he has been out of school. He tried to <0 to school, he said, but couldn't iee well enough to do the work. It is rumored now that the Pet liway family has engaged an at torney to bring suit against the Scoutmaster, the principal of the nchool, and others who might have been connected with the Scout or R*nii4tion. ? If it is probable that legal action might obtain enough money so that Clarence* can be taken to a well-known eye specialist, per haps that is the best course. I rather doubt that such would be the outcome. This matter should be straight ened out in some way for it is a black mark against the Scouts and against the principles this splendid organization stands for. Restoration of the lad's sight would be the ideal answer, but in this day and age it frequently requires money to work miracles. HERE and THERE With F. C. SALISBURY, Morehead City Considering the closing of four' lifeboat stations along the North Carolina coast by the action of I the Fifth Coast Guard District I brings to light ,the fact that ! twenty five years ago or more there were in operation 27 Coast Guard stations between the South Carolina and Virginia border^, j Those starting at the southern I border were Cape Fear, Bald Head, Bogue Inlet, Fort Macon, Cape Lookout, Core Banks, Ports mouth, Ocracoke, Hatteras Inlet, Durant's, Creed's Hill, Cape Hat teras, Big Kinnakeet, Little Kin nakeet, Gull Shoal, Chicamacomi co, Pea Island, Oregon Inlet, Body's Island, Nag's Head, Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, Paul Gam hie Hill, Caffey's Inlet, Poyner's Hill, Currituck Beach, Penny's Hill and Wash Woods. At that time nowhere in the United States were there so many Coast Guard stations as there were north of Cape Lookout. Out of these stations and the settlements about them have come , many stories of the past, relative to experiencg on both land ami sea. One of the former residents of Portsmouth, Samuel Tolson, long since gone to his grave, had at least one exciting experience during his lifetime. In April 186?, a few days after President Lincoln was assassinated at Washington by John Wilkes Boothe, he was arrested by the captain of a revenue cutter at Beaufort on suspiscion of being the murderfcr. He was in his boat on his wfy to Portsmouth when he was stopped and taken aboard the cutter. He proved by several parties who ho was and was re leased. Portsmouth was the home of Captain John Wallace, Governor of Shell Castle a small island off phone in Pamlico Sound. His grave is on the mainland marked by a large slab on which is cut the following: "Here are deposited the remains of Captain John Wallace, Gover nor of Shell Castle, who departed this life July 22, 1818, aged 52 years and six months : Play refreshed mil ?? Ml IM?4M< (0a?MI II New Ben Ceca-C*i* Bluing Weeks, lae., New Bern, N. 9. "Shell Castle, mourn, your pride is in the dust, Your boast, your glory's in the gloomy grave, Your sun is set, ne'er to illume again Thy sweet asylum from the At lantic wave. "Yes, here, beneath this monu mental stone, In awful gloom amid the silent dust Thy founder lies, whose sainted soul we trust To Heaven's hiffh mansions hath its journey done. "Mourn, charity, benevolence be ware. Kind hospitality his loss deplore And own with one unanimous ac-. claim Misfortune's sons 'will view his like -no more." 1?r* ?' ~ Near by is the grave of his WifU "Ml*. Rebecca Wallace, wife of John, born 1771, died 1823." Construction work has started under the direction of N. F. Eure of Beaufort for the errec tion of a long boat shed at the Morehead City Yacht Basin. This shed is being built along the west breakwater, wkick will be extended several more feet to the north, and will extend out over the water 65 feet. This enclosed shed will accomodate seme fifteen crafts, giving pro tection from the weather during tieup or at other times. All youths becoming 18 years GIVE VOUR CAP FINISH MOPE THIS SPfclNG . : l ford waxis, POLISHES AND CLEANERS Quickly rector* lost brllllonco and ?pork U to your cor wMi IhoM toty-to appty Ford products. Thay'r* specially m4? lor Ford In lih?.l Work lik* magic. ? LIQUID CLIANM ? POLISHINO WAX ? POLISH A NO CUANM ? OMOMI CilAMOl ? ROOT POilSN ? ' FOAM VPNOiSTBY C11AW ? tO ?D UQUIO 0LAZ1 CLIANOI ? POU UQUIO OLAZI MALM LOFTDi MOTOR CO. (?hUi rwKuia ? n-i BEAUFORT, N. C. Save the Sol By Idy Beck Soil Conservationist "The money I spent on ditching this spring was one of the best investments I ever made," states Lonnie Howard of Newport. Mr. Howard had over 6,500 cu. yd. of dirt dug under the ACA purchase order plan. Dan Oglesby is running about i 75 hogs on his ladino clover- , fescue pasture out on Crab i Point. Nr. Oglesby says the pas ture has cut his feed bill ap preciably. Dan Garner, who lives at the head of Deep Creek canal is so pleased with his ladino clover fescue? orchard grass pasture that he plans to seed another two to three acres this September. The acre of caley peas seeded on Floyd Garner's farm for de monstration purposes is in full bloom. Mr. Garner plans to com bine some of this seed to increase his acreage and still leave enough seed on the ground to reseed the land this fall and next fall. A second crop of seed will be left to mature in the spring of 1951. Ernest Quinn of Newport has obtained an excellent stand of im proved sericea on his farm on the Nine-foot road. Beginning next year Mr. Quinn will mow the mea dow in the. spring for hay and of age are reminded by the Coun ty Selective Service Board that they must register within five days of their birthday. Even though induction into service has been temporarily suspended, the law requires that registration con tinue as a boy becomes 18 years of age. William Skarren of Beaufort is among the members of the dramatics club of the East Caro lina Teachers college to whom awards for work on productions for the 1948-49 term have just been presented by Geraldine Weathers of Shelby, president of the Teachers Playhouse. The State's second dog race track to be built in Currituck county is expected to be in opera tion by summer. This track will be located near Moyock, two ten ths of a mile south of the Virginia line. Franchise for operating the track has been awarded to the Carolina-Virginia Racing Associa tion, Inc. Plans call for a quarter - mile <J.Q? racing track With pack ing space for 1,000 cars.' then combine se#d in the fall. This swd will be 10M to other farmers needing aericea on sloping land lor ereaion control. Erneat'a pure ladino clover pasture has finally begun to grow like it should and is now providing grazing for four hogs. A five-acre serirea meadow seeded last spring on Sam Ed ward's farm yielded well when rut ffr the first time this spring. M. D. Pridgeon is grazing two cows, a steer and one calf on the three and a half acre ladino clo ver-fescue pasture seeded last fall. Mrs. Pridgeton stated that the pas ture is growing so fast that her husband is considering buying two more cow; to graze on it. This pasture along with Joel Davis's pure ladino clover pasture east of the old inland waterway are the only ones in Carteret County growing on very poorly-drained , soil. Both of these pastures got off to a bad start but are doing excep tionally well now. The Lower Neuse Soil Conservation District board of supervisors believe pasture is the best use that can be made of poorly drained land and recom mended that farmers seed such land to permanent pasture when ever possible. Lawrence Garner, district super- 1 visor, advises farmers to apply j now for assistance in planning a I fall pasture seeding program. This will give your County Soil conser vationist time to determine which land on each farm is more likely to pay better returns in pasture than in row crops and what type of drainage the land needs before the pasture is seeded. Farmers can apply for assistance through Lau rence Garner, Carl Garner and ' Will Hardesty or any of the coun-' ty agricultural workers. Artis Garner has already made his serirea hay and experts ta get two more cuttings this year. The sericea was sawn on sloping land to control erosion. A two acre ladino clover ? orchard grass pasture on low dark land is doing so well that Artis will ! be able to put Us team short ly. District supervisor Lawrence Garner is a firm believer in per manent pastures. Mr. Gamer has been grazing hogs, a cow, and three mules on his pasture this spring. He recommends that every farmer seed a permanent pasture somewhere on his farm but pre ferably on his wettest land or on slopiug land that is subject to ero sion. Mr Garner says. "A good permanent pasture will pay off better on this type of land than any other crop that can be grown there. Both George and Alon/a We thoringUHi have had considerable open ditching done on their farms this spring. This work waa done under the Supervision of your County Soil conserva tionist. Jason Morris of Stella plans to lay a carload of drainage tile on his farm this fall along with seed ing several acres of permanent pasture. After receiving a heavy top dressing of lime and fertilizer this spring. Carlyle Garner's pasturt; has done amazingly well. Carlyle was the first farmer in the county to clip the weeds on his pasture this year. Guernsey Cattle to Be Sold Friday at Goldsboro There will be a sale of 24 pure bred Guernsey cows at Seymour Johnson field, Goldsboro, Friday, May 20. at 1 p. m. County Agent R. M. Williams announced today. A catalog containing the descrip tion and breeding of each animal is on file in Mr. Williams' office for all those who would like to investigate the sale further. Any one interested in attending the sale on the possibility of buying one of the cows should contact Mr. Williams. Robert Lee H umber, Greenville attorney an<J promoter of world federalism, will deliver the gradu ation address at Wake Forest Mon day, May .30. stalling; BROS., INC. . Plumbing & Heating Contractors Since IMS AMERICAN STANDARD PLUMBING FIXTURES GENERAL ELECTRIC OIL BURNING HEATING SYSTEMS We Furnish Estimates on New Work 243 Craven St. Phone 2977 NEW BERN. N. C. "'I.I ^ Hunter's Hunttr HUHTIHB When folia in this part of the country s^eak of ml hunters, you'll often bear tbaa mention , Ernest Lawaon, Tide Water hamfwm ap? cUliat. If there'! a raccoon la the county, Law son will find him! But hats you aae Was hunt ing trouble in a big transformer from one *t Tide Water'* intermediate fmar anbetatiena. Transformers are thoaa tWnp that bang on That's when Lawm and da rwt of tha i action. Thay taka thaa? cna^dlratad alactrka that youH continua to gat tfca baat poaaibla aarriea wHfc the ? cava to inveetigata, youU M Oat TUa Water fcrtfl p? I balow tha average for all dtia* aa tka Atlantic I " ? back iato ahape as ? Interruption. And, if j?? TIDE WAT! R POWER COMPANY OOD NEIGHBORS AT YOUR SERVICE !
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